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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"International Policy"”.
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Organ Donation and Transplantation: Considering International Policy Options for Canada
… regime, their compatibility with the current policy framework, their legal viability and their ethical considerations. The operating principles are also assessed for their efficacy in improving the supply of donor organs. The reciprocal altruism operating principle carries too many legal and …
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The Role of Local Government in Shaping and Influencing International Policy Frameworks
… to influence intergovernmental organizations’ policy frameworks during the formulation and implementation of their instruments and policies. It provides empirical insights into the decision making and implementation of international policy regimes, specifically within a European context, and …
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Making the case for space: employing political communication to set domestic and international policy
The landscape of space policy, much like the realm with which it concerns itself, is vast and largely unexplored. As political scientists, we have left this policy area mainly to those scholars, agencies, and companies working within the industry. While we occasionally consider it as part of other …
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Astronaut Extravehicular Activity : safety, injury & countermeasures; &, Orbital collisions & space debris : incidence, impact & international policy
… reducing the incidence of finger injury. Space Policy Abstract EVA injury is only one of many dangers astronauts face in the extreme environment of space. Orbital debris presents a significant threat to astronaut safety and is a growing cause of concern. Since the dawn of satellites in the early …
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The prevention of organised crime act in international perspective
… in South Africa within the larger context of international responses to organised crime. It will show that crime policy (in the form of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act) has been developed by the South African State in a global and globalising (these terms will be explained further below) …
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Internationalization of Korean Higher Education
"Regarding policy pressures, the government's international policy adoption was not a significant driving force for Korean universities to internationalize their campuses. It has been Korean universities that have filtered and favored particular interpretations of the policy goals and …
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Suicide Terrorism: A Future Trend?
… Squares Regression and data provided by The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism.
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Bankruptcy Procedures for Sovereign Debtors
… principles to sovereign debt crises. The current international framework is inadequate and lacks the efficiency of a working bankruptcy system. This paper analyses the case for an international institutional arrangement to deal with sovereign debt problems considering underlying problems in …
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Distribution, Use and Cultural Meanings of Ciprés de Las Guaitecas in the Vicinity of Caleta Tortel, Chile
… different socio-political actors. National and international policy documents were analyzed in order to uncover the discourses that drive decision-making at those scales. Participant observation and semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore local people’s knowledge, perceptions and …
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Distribution, Use and Cultural Meanings of Ciprés de Las Guaitecas in the Vicinity of Caleta Tortel, Chile
… different socio-political actors. National and international policy documents were analyzed in order to uncover the discourses that drive decision-making at those scales. Participant observation and semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore local people’s knowledge, perceptions and …
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The Relations of Terror and Immigration: Preventive Solutions
… the nation's global enforcement of neoliberal policy and exacerbation of structural violence. Saudi Arabia and Mexico are examples of two countries of which the U.S. has been impacted by its global regulating. Using World Systems Theory, I propose the U.S. will find more preventive solutions to …
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SOCIAL NORMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: INVESTIGATING CLIMATE INACTION
… climate inaction in three different contexts: international climate policy, academic research in sustainability science, and climate ethics. In Chapter 1, I argue that the widespread conceptualization of climate change as an international tragedy of the commons between nations is misguided and …
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Trapped in ideology. The limitations of micro-finance in helping women creating viable micro-businesses
… to waged employment for women, as is the current international policy claim. To answer this question, I compared the accounts of 22 micro-finance agency employees in the UK and in Belgium with those of 20 self-employed women who received support from these agencies. The results suggest that there …
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Moving towards transparency and participation in the budgetary process : a case study of Sierra Leone
The international community has invested a significant amount of resources to limit corruption in developing countries and institute sound public finance management systems. This strategic approach has resulted in the emergence of anti-corruption commissions in Africa and elsewhere as a means to …
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The Climate Emergency and the Need for Global Climate Stabilization: The Role of Energy Efficiency in Climate Policy
… a worldwide challenge requiring a coordinated, international policy response. However, political pressures and disagreements between developed and developing countries have obstructed past climate negotiations and have stalled the adoption of binding greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. …
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The Gendered Interpretation of Child Marriage: A Niger Case Study
… globally. I also utilize the feminist theory of international relations to support my analysis of child marriage as a gender issue. Incorporating evidence from annual international reports, scholarly articles, and mixed methods studies, this paper examines a case study of Niger, where child …
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Private, Verifiable, and Auditable AI Systems
… for responsible AI innovation. Drawing from international policy contributions and technical research to identify key risks in the AI pipeline, this work introduces novel technical solutions for critical privacy and verifiability challenges. Specifically, the research introduces techniques …
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Russian Influence and Kyrgyz Weakness: A Realist Understanding of Kyrgyz National Interest
… conceptualizes its national interest can help international policy makers formulate more effective strategies to collaborate with it.
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Development Programming for Persons with Disabilities in Gulu, Uganda in the Context of a Disability - Poverty - Conflict Nexus
… was conducted to identify the ways in which this international policy idea has influenced development programming, and the obstacles to implementing community-based rehabilitation in Gulu. This research contributes to the literature on policy transfer, and illustrates how local development actors …
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Micrometeoroid Fluence Variation in Critical Orbits Due to Asteroid Disruption
… orbital debris (MMOD) is a growing issue with international importance. Micrometeoroids are naturally occurring fragments of rock and dusk that exist throughout the solar system. Orbital debris is human made material like rocket bodies, paint flakes, and the effluent of spacecraft collisions. …
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